Exhibitions, Seminar

Accounting seminar by Herve Stolowy, HEC Paris

14:00 - 16:00 10 March 2016
The contribution of whistleblowers' stories to the perception of fairness in financial markets: A discourse analysis

Ben Rivers

25 February - 22 May 2016
Ben Rivers presents his most ambitious work to date. The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is Ben Rivers’ most ambitious work to date. Migrating between documentary, fantasy and fable, and…

CTIS Research Seminar: Translation, Transmission and the Book

14:00 - 15:30 10 March 2016
Speaker: Dr Anna Strowe, University of Manchester

Dynasty: the house of Apion from Egypt to Constantinople

16:55 - 18:30 10 March 2016
Classics & Ancient History work-in-progress seminar

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop: Prof Michele Pellizzari

16:15 - 17:45 10 March 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Tel Aviv) - "Hebrew Bible Theology: A Jewish Descriptive Approach"

14:00 10 March 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Finance seminar by Meziane Lasfer, Cass Business School

14:00 - 16:00 10 March 2016
TBC

Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed

8 October 2015 - 17 April 2016
A groundbreaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed…

Innate immunity beyond inflammation

12:00 - 13:00 10 March 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

21 January - 21 August 2016
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and…

Music Research Seminar

16:15 - 18:00 10 March 2016
In this Thursday Research Seminar, Caroline Bithell, Rebecca Herissone and Susan Rutherford will lead a discussion on the challenges posed by musicological and ethnomusicological research…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: 'Masters of Composition 2'

14:30 - 16:00 10 March 2016
Workshop performances and discussion of new works by the University's Masters students.

Saving a Century

8 January - 24 March 2016
'Saving a Century', curated by leading architectural historian Gavin Stamp, uses archive photographs and material from over 50 years of the The Victorian Society's fight to save historic…

The Phantoms of Congo River: Photographs by Nyaba Ouedraogo : Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 10 April 2016
Nyaba L. Ouedraogo is a self-taught photographer born in Burkina Faso, and now working and living between Paris and West Africa. The Phantoms of the Congo River is a photography exhibition…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

[61] Harmonica Alley, Yokohama

29 February - 10 March 2016
This exhibition explores Miyakobashi Yokocho in drawings, photographs and text. It reveals previously concealed glimpses into Japan’s changing urban culture. Miyakobashi Yokocho (Yokohama,…

Dalton Seminar Series: Understanding the chemistry of uranium mining/nuclear waste using synchrotron radiation

12:00 - 13:00 11 March 2016
Speaker Andrew Grosvenor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan. Abstract A focus of the solid-state chemistry group at the University…

Getting under the skin of ageing: A multidisciplinary approach

14:00 - 16:00 11 March 2016
MICRA seminar 2-4pm (Free networking lunch from 1pm) Visible signs of ageing are apparent to all of us, not only health professionals. In this afternoon symposium, we will examine…

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

MCCIR AZ/GSK Update

15:30 - 16:30 14 March 2016
The next MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar is taking place on Monday the 14th of March 2016 3.30pm – 4.30pm Michael Smith Lecture Theatre. Tissue-specific control of immune responses in…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Theodoros Kyriakides (University of Manchester)

16:00 - 18:00 14 March 2016
Title : A question of form: Gene therapy and thalassaemia in Cyprus. Abstract: Thalassaemia is a recessive blood disorder prevalent in countries situated around the Mediterranean…

The success enjoyed, mistakes made: 25 years of Finnish innovation policy

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2016
The main aim of this paper is to reveal how an entire national innovation system may become trapped by its own success. The paper argues that success may shadow systemic failures of…

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